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I think I'd rather face the Yankees than the Tigers in the playoffs...although it does bring the Sox-Yanks-meet-in-postseason stress that drives me up a wall. I'm not sure. Both those teams have good starting pitching, iffy relief, and stellar offense, if I recall.

man i hate it when direct-tv doesnt have the boston feed.also direct tv blacks out anything to do with the sox thats not a game like what if (did anyone see that pedro thing? was it good??) the remys and the like (not that i would want to see sox appeal).

Hi to Laura! Happy Civic Holiday, guys, a great Ontario tradition to have a day off in August for no particular reason. We need one in Feb. too. Schill looks like he's got a clue. Now get the bats out, boys.

Did Remy just say "pitchers are taught to knock the ball down any way they can"? Every other time I've seen this, I hear, "pitchers are taught not to use the bare hand." (Even though instinctively you want to.)

Glad to be out of that inning with just 2 given up. I almost always have faith in my team, against all odds, but once in a while you look at a guy and he's got DLowe face and it's a given he's about to implode. We need lots of runs this inning.

Wow, I've always wondered about this...why can't a fielder purposely bobble while running in all the way to the infield. I guess they havea rule to prevent that. (Not that he did it purposely, I'm just sayin'.)

How does that cliche go? Something about needing perfect command because you don't have the stuff to get away with mistakes. Shit. Although a bit of buzzard luck (to quote he who must not be named) involved.

Wow, I've always wondered about this...why can't a fielder purposely bobble while running in all the way to the infield. I guess they havea rule to prevent that.

They used to. I read that Sox RF Harry Hooper used to bat the ball in the air with his glove until he was near the infield, since the runner couldn't leave third until he actually caught it. It is now against the rules, obviously.

I probably could've guessed there was a rule that you couldn't intentionally do it, but I figured if it was clearly accidental--I mean, especially if you bat it and it goes behind you--you had to wait til the catch was completely made before you could run.

I wonder what Mirabelli would've done if he'd been on third in that situation...

Laura wants to know why everyone freaks out if a batter "shows up" a pitcher, but when a pitcher like Weaver or Beckett yells and bangs his glove and pumps his fist after a K, he's called a tough competitior.

Yeah, you just struck out a guy in his first game. Stop celebrating like you're---Jered Weaver. Stop pointing at your fake-ass god. If there was a god, she'd definitely be rooting for the rook, not you.